The Digital Duty of Care Bill has passed the House of Representatives. It will now go to a Senate inquiry with hearings to be held on the 9th and 10th of November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens spokesperson for communications, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLast week\u2019s horrific attack on Helen Haines shows why a strong Digital Duty of Care that actually works is more urgent than ever. Big Tech has turned hatred and division into a business model, cashing in while our communities pay the price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAustralians young and old are sick of having our lives controlled by big tech. Social media companies have lost their social licence and the Australians want them held to account for the harm they cause in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis legislation will now go before an inquiry, where I will kick the tyres and hold Big Tech\u2019s feet to the fire to ensure these laws have teeth, and put the safety of Australians ahead of corporate profits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Greens will be fighting for this legislation to protect Australians and their children. That means giving people harmed online the right to seek compensation, tackling the toxic, addictive algorithms, and imposing fines tied to global revenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe know these companies only respond to one thing: penalties that hit them where it hurts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust yesterday the eSafety Commissioner added her voice to the chorus calling for a private right to action, so Australians have a pathway for compensation when they are harmed online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAustralians also need an external complaints pathway, free from the profit driven whims of Big Tech\u2019s content moderation. This would put the safety of users and basic human decency ahead of Big Tech\u2019s bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Greens will work to ensure all Australians are safe online, and have the freedom to choose what they see on their feeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBig Tech cannot be allowed to keep raking in billions while fuelling fear, hatred and division in our society. They have a responsibility to not harm their customers, and it\u2019s high time they put people before profits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Digital Duty of Care Bill has passed the House of Representatives. It will now go to a Senate inquiry with hearings to be held on the 9th and 10th of November. Greens spokesperson for communications, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: \u201cLast week\u2019s horrific attack on Helen Haines shows why a strong Digital Duty of Care … Continue reading “Greens vow to Hold Big Tech to Account and deliver Digital Duty of Care laws with Teeth”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41355,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354\/revisions\/41355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}